temperamentally
adverb
uk/ˌtem.pər.əˈmen.təl.i//ˌtem.prəˈmen.təl.i/us/ˌtem.pɚ.əˈmen.t̬əl.i/temperamentallyadverb(PERSON)
in a way thatrelatesto someone'scharacterandfeelings:
He was temperamentallyunsuitedto thejob.
in a way thatshowssomeone'smoodoftenchangessuddenly:
Heranupenormousbillsandactedtemperamentally with thehotelstaff.
- They're very different temperamentally
- Ibelievehe is temperamentallyunfitto bepresident.
- Temperamentally, he issunnierand morerestrainedthan some of hiscontemporaries.
- Both werewarveterans, but temperamentally they wereopposites.
- Afterworkingtogether foryears, the twoprovedto be temperamentallyincompatible.
- Shethrewatantrumand temperamentallytossedherbookacrosstheroom.
Moods
- -humoured
- be in one ofyourmoodsidiom
- black mood
- eat
- frame
- have a strop onidiom
- humour
- snit
- someone'sstate/frame of mindidiom
- spirit
- strop
- suck
- sulky
- temper
- temperament
- temperature
- tone
- up and downidiom
- volatility
- yourself
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Mind and personality
temperamentallyadverb(MACHINE)
informal
in a way thatinvolvessomethingworkingwell sometimes and notworkingat othertimes:
Afterexaminingmycar, they said they hadabsolutelynoideawhy it has beenbehavingtemperamentally.
See
temperamental
- Theheatisplayinghavocwithelectronics, andourphonelinesarebehavingtemperamentally.
Machines - not functioning
- act
- blink
- break
- brokenness
- brownout
- burn out
- conk
- conk out
- cut
- cutsomethingout
- DDoS
- dead
- defective
- dysfunction
- fritz
- idle
- incapacitate
- knackered
- shudder to a haltidiom
- stall